Cast
Rip Torn
Acting
Cast
Rip Torn
Known for
Acting
Born
1931-02-06
From
Temple, Texas, USA
Died
2019-07-09
Also known as Elmore Rual Torn Jr., Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr., Elmor Torn
Biography
Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 β July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years. He was best known for his roles as Zed in the Men in Black franchise (1997-2002) and Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated for six Emmy Awards, winning in 1996. Torn also won an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male in a Series, and two CableACE Awards for his work on the show, and was nominated for a Satellite Award in 1997 as well.
Men in Black
as Zed
Hercules
as Zeus (voice)
Bee Movie
as Lou Lo Duca (voice)
Men in Black II
as Zed
Men in Black 3
as Large-Headed Alien at Funeral (uncredited)
RoboCop 3
as The CEO
DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story
as Patches O'Houlihan
Down Periscope
as Admiral Winslow
Marie Antoinette
as Louis XV
Airplane II: The Sequel
as Bud Kruger / President Reagan
The Insider
as John Scanlon
Senseless
as Randall Tyson
Yours, Mine & Ours
as Commandant Sherman
The Beastmaster
as Maax
Freddy Got Fingered
as Jim Brody
Zoom
as Larraby
Defending Your Life
as Bob Diamond
Wonder Boys
as Q
Coma
as Dr. George
King of Kings
as Judas
Extreme Prejudice
as Sheriff Hank Pearson
Love Object
as Novak
The Man Who Fell to Earth
as Nathan Bryce
City Heat
as Primo Pitt
Hit List
as Vic Luca
Scarab
as Khepera
Heartland
as Clyde Stewart
Summer Rental
as Scully
Destination: America
as Corbet St. James IV
How to Make an American Quilt
as Arthur
Canadian Bacon
as General Dick Panzer
Baby Doll
as The Dentist (uncredited)
Welcome to Mooseport
as Bert Langdon
Trial and Error
as Benny Gibbs
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Tom Finley Jr.
The Cincinnati Kid
as William Jefferson Slade
Johnny Belinda
as Locky McCormick
Nasty Habits
as Father Maximilian
Cross Creek
as Marsh Turner
Dolly Dearest
as Karl Resnick
Pork Chop Hill
as Lt. Walter Russell
April Morning
as Solomon Chandler
Beer
as Buzz Beckerman
August
as David Sterling
National Lampoon's The Legend of Awesomest Maximus
as King Looney
A Face in the Crowd
as Barry Mills (uncredited)
By Dawn's Early Light
as Colonel Fargo
Laguna Heat
as Joe Datilla
Beyond the Law
as Deputy Prescott
First Family
as General G. E. Dumpston
Eulogy
as Edmund Collins
Passing Glory
as Father Robert Grant
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
as Dwight Webb
Slaughter
as Dominic Hoffo
The Sisters
as Dr. Chebrin
Sweet Bird of Youth
as Boss Finley
Attack on Terror: The FBI vs. the Ku Klux Klan
as Glen Tuttle
Flashpoint
as Sheriff Wells
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
Crazy Joe
as Richie
Jinxed!
as Harold Benson
The Afterlight
as Carl
Nadine
as Buford Pope
Steel Cowboy
as K.W. Hicks
Lions Love
as The Beard Director (uncredited)
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
as Charles Burt
Happy Tears
as Joe
Where the Rivers Flow North
as Noel Lord
Songwriter
as Dino McLeish
Beautiful Dreamers
as Walt Whitman
One Spy Too Many
as Alexander
The Seduction of Joe Tynan
as Senator Kittner
Cold Feet
as Sheriff
Forty Shades of Blue
as Alan James
Manhunt for Claude Dallas
as Tim Nettleton
American Cowslip
as Trevor O'Hart
Critic's Choice
as Dion Kapakos
J. Edgar Hoover
as Lyndon Baines Johnson
T Bone N Weasel
as Happy Sam
Beach Red
as Gunnery Sgt. Ben Honeywell
Betrayal
as Dr. Hartogs
Kojak: None So Blind
as Gideon Hogarth
You're a Big Boy Now
as I.H. Chanticleer
Coming Apart
as Joe
Time Limit
as Lt. George Miller
Rolling Kansas
as Oldman
Turn the River
as Quinette
A Shining Season
as Jack Baker
Lionpower from MGM
as Self - Dano Villanova (archive footage) (uncredited)
For Better or Worse
as Capt. Cole
Silence Like Glass
as Dr. Markowitz
The President's Plane Is Missing
as George Oldenburg
My Son Johnny
as Brian Stansbury
Death Falls
as Dub Farley
The Execution
as Wilheim Gehbert
Misunderstood
as Will
The Making of Marie Antoinette
as Self
Maniac Magee
as George McNab
Norman Mailer: The American
as Self
When She Says No
as Stuart Blankfort
Balloon Farm
as Harvey Potter
Maidstone
as Raoul Rey O'Houlihan
Sol Madrid
as Dano Villanova
A Stranger Is Watching
as Artie Taggart
She Stood Alone: The Tailhook Scandal
as Adm. Snyder
The Golden Boys
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
Letter to My Killer
A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story
as Bill Morgan
Cotter
as Roy
Another Pair of Aces: Three of a Kind
as Captain Jack Parsons
The Almost Perfect Bank Robbery
as Royce
Three Days to Vegas
as Joe Wallace
Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster
as Admiral Paul Yost
One Trick Pony
as Walter Fox
Tropic of Cancer
as Henry Miller
Heart of a Child
as Dr. Leonard Bailey
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Big Daddy
Fires of Kuwait
as Narrator (voice)
Payday
as Maury Dann
3 Weeks to Daytona
as Sal
Pair of Aces
as Capt. Jack Parsons
Montserrat
as Izquierdo
James Dean: A Portrait
as Self (Narrator)
Hero's Island
as Nicholas Gates
24 Hours in a Woman's Life
as Paul
Lucky Days
as Bobo
Beyond the Law
as Popcorn
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
as Carlo Ponti
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
as Self
A Vision of Murder: The Story of Donielle
as Detective Manny Garett
The Making Of 'The Larry Sanders Show'
as Arthur
Birch Interval
as Thomas
Bomber's Moon
as Lieutenant Harrison
The Mouse
as Trucker 'God'
The King of Love
as Jack Kraft
1 P.M.
as Self
Heartland
The Hindenburg
as Narrator
Bridge of Names
as Tom